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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is
16.3° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 3PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (20 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
ENE
0.5
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
S
1.3
ENE
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.9
NE
2.2
ENE
2.4
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)9991081414131313148141313777888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46464942391111341711732771422023613453303224856407748531133171718191731
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
1.83
6:05PM
1.68
6:31AM
1.83
6:46PM
1.68
7:12AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:33PM
0.28
12:07PM
0.34
12:15AM
0.26
12:49PM
0.32
12:59AM
0.26
1:33PM
0.31
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset-------9:06-------9:05-------9:04
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------51419176
Temp. °C111111111314141412131414151516151616161616161616
Feels °C (?)9910101111101099109101011101111121211101212
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